• Population: 8.545 million (2019 est.)
• Population growth rate: c. 1%
• Birth rate: 10.4 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
• Death rate: 8.75 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
• Net migration rate: 1.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
• Ethnic groups:
  • German 65%
  • French 18%
  • Italian 10%
  • Romansch 1%
  • other 6%
• Religions:
  • Roman Catholic 46.1%
  • Protestant 40%
  • other 5%
  • none 8.9%
• Languages:
  • German (official) 63.7%
  • French (official) 19.2%
  • Italian (official) 7.6%
  • Romansch (official) 0.6%
  • other 8.9%